Social justice education is leaving the very students it aims to help less educated, more vulnerable and more marginalized.

President Trump’s sweeping dictate to end what he terms “unlawful DEI practices” is meeting fierce resistance. The National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers and the ACLU all ...

During that 10-year period, the federal government removed barriers to college access, shored up civil-rights laws, empowered the Justice Department to safeguard the rights of children who had not ...

This award, established in 2014, recognizes a member of the full-time or part-time faculty for his or her promotion of social justice through teaching and learning. It is presented annually at the ...

Andrea McChristian, former policy research director at the Southern Poverty Law Center, had to convince those who know her best — including her father — that taking a job at a nonprofit that supports ...

Activist Christian Matthew recalls being stirred up by the video that spread like wildfire on social media: Floyd's killing ...

At Brandeis, you will learn not merely to teach in service of social justice, but to empower students to act upon issues of equity and justice. Starting in fall 2023, students entering Brandeis who ...

The new pope has taken a name that recalls Pope Leo XIII, who wrote the outline for modern Catholic social justice teaching. Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. Pope Leo XIII, the leader ...

We are now five years into “social justice education,” a movement that arose in the wake of George Floyd’s 2020 murder at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, and student outcomes ...